Libbie and George, A Love Story, part 1

After two years of this, George went home to New Rumley where he remained for another two years. But he returned to Monroe to attend Alfred Stebins’ Young Men’s Academy for two years, graduating at age sixteen. Surprising as it may seem by Custer’s later scholastic record at the military academy, that of graduating last in his class, he left school in Monroe as a top scholar.

George’s class standing was so good that he returned to Ohio and immediately became a schoolteacher, while boarding in the home of a wealthy farmer. It seems that somewhere along the way the socially out of reach Libbie Bacon was forgotten, if only temporary. While teaching in Ohio he fell in love with the farmer’s daughter, Mary Holland.

Of this young love Custer often penned his emotions. One such writing expressed the extent of their shared affection quite clearly. George wrote, “You occupy the first place in my affections, and the only place as far as love is concerned.” His flowery expressions continue as he speaks of marriage, then concludes with, “But I will talk with you about it when I see you next at the trundle-bed. Farewell, my only Love, until we meet again—From your true and faithful Lover, Bachelor Boy.”

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Mrs. Custer's Merry Mister http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/grea...

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Part two of Libbie and George, A Love Story:

LOVE LOST AND FOUND, is located at: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/1379...

The sources for this series are noted at the conclusion of part 3.

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